Targeting post spawn Trophy Stripers on the 55 Hooked Up 11

[Caveman Sportfishing]

Note: There very well might be a great day bite on true Trophy size stripers on May 9,10,11 as May 9th (Mother's Day is the the full moon) and we had 32 stripers over 20 lbs and 19 Black drum on a day trip a few years ago around the first full moon in May fishing with all fresh surf clams. We have May 9th, 10,11 open for 8-10 hr. combo Jumbo Striper-Black Drum at this time. These are day trips departing based on what feel are the best tides to fish. Early season we like the outgoing tides which provides warmer water on the Black on the Delaware Bay as the shallower bay water warms up sooner than the incoming ocean water. I think this will really hold some merit this season with the ocean water still in the low 40's as this is being written and we will have to see what happens to the water temperatures over the next few weeks. Either way with all our trips between 8-10 hours you will be able to fish part of both tides. We encourage conservation pratices on both the large female stripers and Spring Black Drum if we are lucky enough to have one of those banner days that the full moon has provided in the past years.

Last spring the best bite that we know of for Trophy Stripers was short lived and on fresh bunker way up the bay between 25 and up to 30 miles from Cape May and very few charter boats made that run with the price of fuel. In past years there was usually is at least a couple of days in May when you can find the bigger stripers without taht far up the bay as they will stop and feel on the same structure that hold Black Drum if the conditions are favorable. Hopefully we will see this happen shortly. We will have to wait and how this plays out over the next few weeks.

Most important if the stripers are not within range or there really is not a realistic chance to catch them at least on our boat we will not take your money and go for a long boat ride on the Delaware Bay. We can reduce the price of the trip and target big Black Drum or refund your deposit. What ever work best for you. We value repeat customers and try our best to be fair and honest and not take any of our customers money if the bite is not there. Spring striper fishing can be hit or miss and overall not as consistant as the fall bite but at times it also can be awesome on all trophy size ones that have finished their annual spawn and go on a feeding frenzy before departing the Delaware Bay and heading north for the summer. We are not a specialized striper chunking boat per say and only plan to do a limited few combo striper-drum trips and mostly we will be targeting drum this spring but every spring there are some really big stripers caught and we feel these dates might provide at least a decent chance to catch a 25-50 lb striper.

Pictures of one of the two brand new Catepillar diesel engines being installed at Canyon Club in Cape May this past Friday. We should be up in running in a few days and ready to start our inshore season shortly.